Cable-hook.



vPATENTED JULY 28, 1908.

1K R0 R0 EH m f WC APPLICATION FILED D110. 18, 1907.

, IN VENTOR M 7 A TTORNE Y WITNESSES: I r I WILLIAM G. TERRY, OF BATH,MAINE.

CABLE-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 18, 1907.

Patented July 28, 1908.

Serial No. 406,997.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. TERRY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bath, in the county of Sagadahoc, in the State of Maine,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cable-Hooks, ofwhich the following, taken in connection with the drawing, is adescription.

My invention has for its object the production of a cable sister hook,designed more particularly to secure the end of any kind of a rope,wire, or cable to a support, taking the place of thimbles, bindingwires, etc. It

can be much more easily applied than the fastening devices heretofore inuse, is very simple in .construction and effective in operation. Thishook is particularly desirable for overhead line work for streetrailways, and the like.

My invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated inthe drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it beingunderstood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minordetails of construction within the scope of the claims may be resortedto without departing from the spirit of or sacrifioing any of theadvantages of my invention.

In these drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of the preferred form ofmy invention; Fig. 2 is an inside elevation of one halfor wall of thehook; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the hook closed; Fig. 4 is a likeelevation of the hook open and Figs. 5 and 6 are edge views of modifiedforms of shaping the supporting hooks.

In carrying out my invention A, A, are the two halves or side wallsforming the hook, on one or both of which I provide a lug a, which maybe either at the top or bottom of said wall. These side walls are heldtogether by the shaft or cross piece B which may or may not be madeintegral with one of said walls, the opposite wall turning thereon asshown. Hooks B, B are projected from each side wall and are bent inopposite directions to each other, and in the preferred form ofconstruction each of the hooks is bent at an angle to the wall thereof,as shown more clearly in Fig. 1, so that when they are in closedposition they cross each other. I contemplate also making the hooks asshown in Fig. 5, or straight as shown in Fig. 6. O is a cable secured insaid hook, and which is first inserted between the walls under the lug aover the shaft B and down upon the opposite side as shown in Fig. 2. Onecorner of the side wall A may be bent inwardly as shown at c, Fig. 3, toimpinge against said cable and hold it tightly. C is a support for thehook which may be secured to a stationary point where desired.

a, n are coincident apertures provided in the wall A and the end of thelug a into which a pin or wire n is inserted to lock the hook in closedposition. To open the hook or release the cable one of said walls isturned on the shaft or cross piece B to the position shown in Fig. 4,when the hook may be taken from its support or the cable released, thetension thereon being entirely withdrawn.

It will be seen that when the hook is in closed'position as shown inFig. 3 the end of the cable is held tightly between the walls A, A andthe lug a prevents it from moving longitudinally. As will be obviousthis hook may be stationed in any position so that where I havedescribed the cable as passing under the lug, I wish to be understood aspassing the cable over the lug if the relative position of the partswere changed.

I claim:

1. A cable hook having two side walls, a shaft on which said side wallsare mounted, a hook extending from each of said walls and adapted tocross each other in closed position, and an inwardly extending lug onone of said walls.

2. In a cable hook, the combination of the two walls thereof each havingan oppositely facing hook extending therefrom, a support for said hook,an inwardly extending lug on one of said walls, and a cable or wireadapted to pass between said walls, substantially as described.

3. In a cable hook, the combination of the two walls thereof, a hookextending from each of said walls and adapted to cross each other inclosed osition, an inwardly extending lug on one of said walls, a cableextending beneath said lug, and one of the aforesaid walls being bent toimpinge the cable, substantially as described.

4. In a cable hook the combination of the two walls thereof, oppositelyprojecting hooks extending from said walls, a shaft extending throughthe walls, an inwardly extending lug on one of said walls, a cableextending beneath said lug and over the aforesaid shaft, and a pinextending through one of said walls and into the; aforesaidilugito lockthe Walls together, substantially as described.

5. In a cable hook, the combination of the two walls thereof, a shaft,one of said walls rigidly mounted upon said shaft and the otherrotatably mounted thereon, oppositely projecting hooks extending fromsaid walls, an inwardly extending lug on one of said walls, a cableextending between said lug and the shaft, and means for locking thehooks 10 in closed position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subsoribing witnesses.

WILLIAM G. TERRY. Witnesses:

C. GALEN HINOKLEY, E. B. HODGKINS.

